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How to use the word attentive in a Sentence?

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The past whispers its lessons to those who lend an attentive ear to the winds of time.

Aloo Denish Obiero

added by Aloo-Denish
5 months ago

Even today, both sides in the national dispute claim love for the baby – love for our country, i am aware of the enormous tension that is building up between the two camps, between the two parts of the people, and I am attentive to the desire of many citizens to relieve this tension.

Benjamin Netanyahu

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Lola has proven to be an extremely attentive and nurturing mother to these new additions to our animal family.

Tyler Boyd

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Whether it's setting off the fireworks or watching the kids with the sparklers, somebody needs to be on top of it, and that person needs to be attentive to the task and sober.

Sarah Clark

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Mom is a fighter, too, she is an amazing advocate for Baelyn. She's so attentive to all her care.

Heli Bhatt

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The feeling of belonging is truly fundamental to children's healthy development, both physically and emotionally, when children feel like they belong they are more likely to be motivated, engaged, attentive and willing to take risks.

Yvonne Hansen

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Elon Musk'll be hiring people that understand Elon Musk vision, understand the kind of work, product and culture Elon Musk's trying to create, there's no question that this is going to be a 180-degree culture shift. Tesla is known as being a very hard culture, pretty demanding of people, [ while ] Twitter was kind of seen as a little bit of a softer culture, a little more thoughtful about people and obviously was very attentive to a lot of social issues. ... I think Elon Musk is going to be very prudent to make sure Elon Musk sorts out the talent who Elon Musk thinks can help Elon Musk carry Elon Musk mission forward.

Daniel Newman

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I think the court is attentive to business, it is striking that the industry that is the one to be regulated is not the petitioner.

Jody Freeman

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Now, whether or not they're going to summarily execute, detain or' rehabilitate' people remains to be seen, i think because they have become so attentive to media and PR, they might take an approach similar to what the Chinese government is doing by putting Uyghurs in reeducation camps.

Douglas London

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We are going to be very attentive to what we are seeing in the nexus between wages, productivity, prices and markups.

Richard Clarida

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

There are several challenges, and hopes for the next five year. I will be particularly attentive to matters concerning national reconciliation, peace and security which will be the foundations of any development.

Roch Marc Kabore

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

It is with passion and dedication that I will be attentive to the needs of women and fight relentlessly for their rights

Claudia Cardinale

added by RobertHaigh
3 years ago

Its always exciting to welcome a newborn and Tiana is proving to be a fantastic mother and is very attentive towards her baby, holding it close and grooming it, we will be keeping an eye on the pair over the coming weeks but the infant appears strong and healthy and has been seen feeding well.

Joe Norman

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Carolyn Reidy was equally attentive, on a personal level, to our authors, to whom Carolyn Reidy sent handwritten notes when they received awards, made the bestseller list, or simply to let them know when Carolyn Reidy finished reading Avon Books.

Simon Schuster

Found on CNN
3 years ago

This virus is nasty, any time I was in Life Care, they were very attentive. And the staff at Starr Regional was amazing. I live seven hours away and the nurse caring for her when she passed dressed out to go in and put the phone to her ear so Sandy Blankenships daughter, my husbandand my son could say goodbye.

Sandy Blankenships daughter

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Hes been so attentive to the scientific literature and the details and the data, i think his ability to analyze and integrate data that comes out of his long history in business has really been a real benefit during these discussions about medical issues.

Deborah Birx

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

If things got a little bit tit-for-tat, then there are obviously risks at a minimum that we need to be attentive to.

Martin Anstice

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

I ’m trying [ to spoil her ], yes of course, being very attentive.

Stanley Tucci

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Generally a child with a therapist will be attentive with that therapist maybe 12-15 percent of the time of the session. Typically children are engaged with Milo 80 percent of the time…. So, we are seeing a lot more attention being paid to Milo.

Allison Thomlinson

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

We may do well to be attentive to the good and the bad vibrations in life. Since elephants use their feet to listen to vibrations and thus capture significant codes of impending peril, they might coach humans and teach them how to become “surefooted” in hazardous times. Keeping feet on the ground, however, should not hinder us from flying high and reaching soaring heights. ("Trompe le pied.")

Erik Pevernagie

added by anonymous
7 years ago

Most visitors feel better that security is taken so seriously and accept it, we can either choose to live in fear and stay away from places we’ve always dreamed of visiting or we can be astute travelers attentive to our surroundings and willing to work with security forces trying to enhance safety.

Teresa Tomeo

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

The only thing you can do is to be more attentive to signs.

Martin Naville

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

The more we are attentive and mindful, the more we can understand and show empathy. We need not, so therefore, bother about regret and remorse, later on. . ( “Island of regret. Island of remorse” )

Erik Pevernagie

added by anonymous
7 years ago

In some regions the situation is almost back to normal. In other regions we remain attentive, but we cannot say that the crisis is over.

Transport Minister Alain Vidalies

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

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